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Big Issue Invest
London-based social impact investment arm of the Big Issue Group. It mainly lends to charities and social enterprises, and also makes equity (typically 5-10% stakes) and revenue participation investments in mission-driven businesses with a live product that want to scale.
- Type
- Fund manager
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Stages
- Growth
- Sectors
- Social Impact, Housing, Healthtech and life sciences, Employment, Financial Inclusion
- Fund size / AUM
- Over £100 million invested since 2005 (own site)
- Website
- www.bigissue.com/invest
Contacts on file
For Big Issue Invest, the paid file holds: 4 named decision-makers with roles; firm contact email (domain checked); check size; how to pitch (the route the firm publishes).
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Notable investments
SociabilityNaked HouseGaydioGreat Oaks SEND College
Sources
- www.bigissue.com/invest/
- www.bigissue.com/invest/about/
- www.bigissue.com/invest/apply-for-funding/equity/
- www.bigissue.com/invest/apply-for-funding/loans/
- www.bigissue.com/invest/apply-for-funding/grants/
- www.bigissue.com/contact-us/
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